eisegesis
Meanings
Plural: eisegeses
Noun
- personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
- An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that is not there.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek εἰς (eis, “into”) and English exegesis. Historically unrelated to the Ancient Greek εἰσήγησις (eisḗgēsis, “proposing, advising”).
Scrabble Score: 10
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Words With Friends Score: 11
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